Briton denies ‘ordering abuse of baby over Skype’ as he is charged with murder

A Briton has been charged with murder after he allegedly ordered the abuse of a child over Skype (Picture: AFP/Getty)

A Briton has been charged with murder in Norway after he allegedly told his mistress to submerge her one-year-old- daughter in a bucket of water as he chatted to her on the internet.

Ammaz Qureshi, 35, of Pinner, North London was apparently speaking to the 28-year-old mother on Skype in October 2010 when the child’s crying interrupted their conversation.

He is alleged to have ordered the torture of the baby, watching as her head was dunked in the water and she lost consciousness.

The mother then called emergency services but the child died the next day.

Qureshi, an accountant, is also accused of being behind months of abuse, which the mother says he told her to commit.

They had begun a relationship in February 2010 – meeting in London – despite him having been married for seven years.

When the woman returned to Oslo in Norway two months later they continued their relationship online and on the phone.

Qureshi was extradited from Britain to Norway in December 2012.

He is accused of masterminding a series of abuses including forcing her to sleep on the floor, binding her legs, and making her eat chili powder.

Vibeke Hein Baera, defending, said: ‘He denies the accusations of premeditated murder and assault. My client is baffled that he is accused of a crime committed in a country which he – at that point in time – had never set foot in.’

‘He also says that he has not contributed to this in any kind of way, in fact the opposite.’